Saturday, November 01, 2008

Things I think about . . .

In a New York Times op-ed, Charles Blow writes:
Of course, anything could happen. There are three days left. McCain could still win. And, a drunk man wearing a blindfold could get a puck past Marc-André Fleury.

Yeah, unlikely. It’s a wrap. Fade to black.

How the hell did he come to choose Fleury? Why not Brodeur or Lundqvist who are a) better and b) local? Or at least why not one of the top goalies in the league (hint: Fleury's not one of them)? Should we take from this that the likelihood of McCain winning is greater than the likelihood of a drunk man wearing a blindfold getting a puck past Brodeur, equal to a drunk man in a blindfold getting a puck past Fleury, and less than a drunk man in a blindfold getting a puck past Niittymaki?

Yeah, I'm ready for this election to be over.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Actually Fleury is one of the top goalies in the league...but the omission of a Lundqvist or Brodeur is puzzling, as they are better than him.

Meg said...

Hi, anonymous. I guess it depends how you define "top goalie." I was thinking top 5 or so, and I wouldn't include Fleury in that group even if I were being generous. Actually, I think Fleury is fairly middle of the road thus far in his career, but to each his or her own.